Intervenção coronária percutânea em pacientes nonagenários

BACKGROUND: Elderly people represent a significant part of the Brazilian population and the population > 90 years has tripled in the past three decades. This retrospective study was aimed at analyzing the results of percutaneous coronary intervention in ninety-year-old patients. METHOD: Overall, 31 ninety-year-old patients (G1) undergoing percutaneous coronary treatment from January 1995 to January 2009 were retrospectively evaluated. These patients were compared to 6,222 patients 2 vessel disease (RR 1.82, IC 1.04-3.19; P = 0.011), left main coronary artery lesion (RR 2.98, IC 0.97-9.17; P = 0.001), presence of unstable angina (RR 2.48, IC 0.97-9.17; P = 0.0013) and diabetes (RR 2.35, IC 1.21-4.55; P = 0.0015) were MACE predicting variables. CONCLUSION: Ninety-year-old patients had a higher incidence of cardiovascular events than younger patients. However, when the technique is feasible and patients have good clinical condition, percutaneous coronary intervention may be effectively used with an acceptable safety margin.